LAHORE: The Punjab Healthcare Commission (PHC) has so far sealed 1,037 illegal laboratories. The PHC has taken action against all those laboratories where the minimum service delivery standards (MSDS) were not being implemented. Out of the closed down labs, 200 were in Lahore, 77 in Faisalabad, 57 in Rawalpindi, while 50 each were in Sargodha and Okara. Meanwhile, around 19,900 quackery outlets were also sealed while the PHC enforcement teams have visited over 46,000 treatment centres to check quackery.
Reports indicate that they tried to breach one of gates, harassed staff, and even scaled walls of premises
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A fierce exchange of fire ensued, but culprits managed to escape under cover of darkness
Police said booked leaders and BYC workers gathered at main Turbat Chowk
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Bokhari emphasised that cases have been registered against "Fasadis", and no one will be spared
